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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17

many enormities as monstrous as those
which now vex the two principal cities
of East Florida
For we are certain there was no ex-
cuse for such an error as now threatens
our interests by reason of the addition to
the Palatka charter. The ellis charter
passed the Senate, in the House Judge
Lamar moved Ito amend by striking
out all after the enacting clause and in
sorting the following in lieu of all the
provisions of the bill" 1t came up in
the Senate in due course and that body
concurred in the amendn ents. All this
appears properly and fully on the jour
nal of both chambers. How then could
the Enrolling Clerk make the mistake
of adding a portion of the ellis charter
to the new one? He certainly had no
authority to do so, and the record was
SO plain that he who runs might have
read had he cared to do SO.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
BROOKSVILLE.
Forty Pound MelOns-PsrsonaI-Th Sub
Tropical Exposition.

Forty Pound MelOns-PsrsonaI-T Sub
Tropical Exposition.
Correspondence Of the Palatka Neios-
BROOKSvILLE, June IA.
Brooksville is enjoying a thorough
cleaning up. The health of the city is
perfect.
While we are able to eat the forty
pound watermelons, we are still of the
opinion that there is but one Florida.
Hon. Frank Saxton returned from Tai
lahassee Saturday. We are always glad
to meet and welcome him back.
Col. Mann is expected in to-day-Tues-
day. Developments are expected, and
we quietly awaits the-develop.
A visit to Spring Hill shows not only
a very beautiful situation, but we find
neatest and most convenient dwellings
i'm South Florida. John C.. Law, Clerk
of fernando County. is the proprietor of
this stately edifice, and we believe it will
take more than the genial John to
fill it.
Yates will soon have the court house
where it ought to have been when built.
Work is being pushed at lively rate.
The city has placed five thousand dol
lars worth of bonds on the market. The
money will at once be used in beautify-
ing the city.
Now comes the artesian WELL Brooks
vile is preparing to go after one. 1t is
just what every town needs-the pure
juice from the center of the earth.
Chas. III. Bowden, champion knight,
looks on the scene complacently, swing
ing in his hammock.
C. S. Wilson of the real estate and w.
s. Jenning limb of the law, are doing
Tompkinsville citrus country. As they
are very good boys we apprehend no
danger to result from their rambles.
The mayors court has been rather in
teresting during the past week. We
never doubted the ability of Capt. Rhodes
to make any kind of business hum.
Banker Bishop, of the Brooksville
Bank, reports a steady increase of bust
ness which shows a good financial stand
ing. The opening of this bank has
proved of great benefit to BroOksville
and this country.
Improvements of various kinds are
noted throughout the city and county
showing good healthy progress. Col.
w. T. Forbes, of Jacksonville, is adver-
tised to be in Brooksville June Goth, to
obtain aid toward the Sub-Tropical. We
can not and must not be backward in
developing these enterprises. We feel
confident that more worthy object for
the benefit of the State could not be de
vised, its merits are to well known to
need explanation. Let every man, every
woman, every boy and girl, who would
see theprosperity of Florida, see to it that
they do each their part. Our experience
during the Orlando Exposition told us
the value of the Florida Fair. Let 1888
go down as the greatest and the most
successful of Florida. IXIoN
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
The Bishop and the Porter.


Railway men are not celebrated, like
cabmen, for having much power in the
way of repartee, but now and then
they are the occasion of il in Others. At
a certain station porter promptly Of
fered assistance to a bishop, who was
more often out of his diocese than hIs PEG
pie liked He was a humorist, loved
continental trips and carried good deal
of luggage with him: How many, ar
ticles, your lorClship:" asked the porter.
''Thirty-nine, replied the bishop, with
a twinkle in his eve. That's too many
I'm afraid, your lordship," said the man
stOlidly and in perfect good faith.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
The Return Of the Flags.

There is jolly row, as our English
cousins would say, over the proposition
of the War Department to return the
flags captured in the late war to the
States to which they belong. These flags
have long been stored away in the attics
of the War Department and the propo-
sition was to return them to the Govern
ors of the States whose troops
carried them, whether Federal or
Confederate. AT once every long cared
''loyal" politician has taken the chance
to set up his bray. General futile, of
Iowa, who proposed, if President Cleve-
land made a visit to St. Louis, that the
Grand Army of the Republic should
publicly insult him for his veto of the
pension agents pet, the Dependent PEN
sions Bill, and was sat down upon by
Gen. Sherman, who is, from the futile
standpoint, not loyal" is one of the
loudest in protesting against the return
of the flags. Little Foraker, of Ohio,
who expects to be John Sherman's sec
ond on the Republican ticket next year
"a worthy pair-if he cannot get the
first place also boils over Other fellows
of the same caliber will be heard from
and the war will be fought over again.
The President has found that there
is no warrant for return of the
the flags without a permit from
Congress-. But his veto of the whole
business will not stop the clamor.
John Sherman will next be heard from.
The South will pause until John Sher-
man is heard from. IL Sherman is not
heard from there will be general disap-
pointment, which all the clamor of Tut
tie and Foraker will not assuage. Let
us hear from John Sherman.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
Yacht Sails to be Made OF Silk.


When it was announced some time ago
that the Trek was to have a silk spinnaker
which. when rolled up. would go through
a wedding ring, etc. il is thought that
a new expense had been invented for the
overburdened yacht owner. But it
seems that the new material Is not so
very costly after all. and. on the Clyde
has already, As one might say, become
popular before the event. Messrs.
Lapthorne x Ratsey, of Greenock. ha, e
already made several balloon sails of the
material, and they think it will soon SUI
persede duck for light wind sails, and it
is even suitable for small vessels, as it is
so close, firm and light. Messrs. lap
thorne & Ratsev are making a six inch
suit of il for Mr.. j. Grants Una. and
balloon topsails for the ten-tonners Me-
hssa and Marguerite. Several others
are also having sails made of the stuff.
which is a mixture of cotton and silk.
aud has been named .'union silk"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
RIVERSIDE.
RIVERSIDE. FLA. June 1,

RIVERSIDE, FLA, June 49,
Correspondence of the Putatkd Netrs.
This little town on the Ocklawaha
River IL enjoying the summer We have
singing and instrumental music every
Saturday night at Miss Blands' residence
by our little choir and the Sunday
school is well attended. There is preach
ing once a month, two sermons bv the
Rev. h. F. Stafford. An ice cream fes-
tival for the benefit of the church is
proposed.
Miss Lille Moore, one of our young
ladies who has succeeded by untiring eff
forts, has returned from ST. Augustine.
There will be dance and supper to-
night, at the residence of Mr. Iamoin
Dransfield. Mr.. Dransfield takes a
great interest in arranging these pleas
ant entertainments and makes them a
success by his energy. L. F. SWAIN.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17

There is plan now before the Score
tary of War to turn Fort Myer, formerly
the training school of the signal service,
into school for the training of young
soldiers under twenty years of age. The
proposition is that one thousand young
men be gathered at Fort Myer each year
to be drilled by officers of the army,
then sent home to serve to make the
State troops more effective than they
are. They will not be required to render
any actual service in times of peace,
but it is believed they would improve
the tone of the State militia. Whether
the War Department is likely to adopt
the proposition is not known
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
In an Electric Blaze.

PANAMA, June "A most extraordi-
nary event occurred recently to a farmer
living in Cundinamarea- While out in
his field he was momentarily surrounded
by an electric flame. which disappeared
as quickly as it came. The victims left
eye was damaged and the eyebrow was
burned completely off. The hair sur
rounding his ears, portion of his beard
and all the hair ON his breast were burned
off. All the brass buttons disappeared
from his clothing. his watch chain was
cut in two, small hole was bored
through his watch case and the watch
glass was shattered. He suffered Sc
verely, but is recovering.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
THE DAILY NEWS

fug. except Monday and delivered by carriers
in the city, or mailed postage free, - for three
months, "a for six months, or ~ per annnm-
column paper, published every Friday, con-
tanning all the news of the week. local and
general 1t Is the largest and handsOmest
weekly paper published in Florida, and will be
mailed, postage free, for 81 year, or % cents
for six months. Specimen copies free 10 any
address,
Local advertisements, ID cents per line Tor
first insertion, and 10 cents per line Tor each
DER line. Reduced rates ON continued adver-
tisements.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
Every month. Special and short-time payable
In advance.
All remittances should be made by express,
money-order or registered letter.
Address, THE NEWS,
PAIATKA FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17

Mayor Filter, of Philadelphia, receives
so many invitations to attend school and
college commandments that it takes
the time of one clerk to answer that the
Mayor cannot be in several places at
one and the same moment. There's
plenty of snobbishness in America and it
sometimes takes the form of invitations
to persons temporarily prominent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17

The two contestants for the America
cup this year will be, it is expected, the
American yacht, Atlantic, and the
Scottish yacht, Thistle. The Atlantic
has so for outsailed everything in the
races around New York and the Thistle
has been outsailed in all races at home.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17

The people of Key West believe that
if 81 900 could be spent in paying the
passage to New York of the unaccli-
mated workmen who thronged to that
city after the fire and could not get
away " hen the fever broke out because
they had not saved enough to pay their
fares, nothing more would be heard of
yellow fever in that city. 1t would be
cheap remedy.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
Two Excellent Papers.

Pacific Fruit Grower. Los Angeles Cal
Among our exchanges are two excel
lent Florida papers, THE PALATKA News
and Florida Dispatch, which contain
much practical Information regarding
horticulture, in section which is nearly
allied to ours in the character of its
products.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17

Warren Sherman, of Oneida, N. ",
inventor of patent automatic railroad
signal, was exhibiting his invention in
Utica last Friday, when he was run
over by a cheese train and killed. This
il the IRONY of fate.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
Goals of Fire.

Troy Times
DIR. Burchard is in town. Scat ~
Y. Star.
Don't scare him away; let's keep him
for 1881 Pussy, pussy, pussy,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
PALATKA. FLA. JUNE II. 1887.

Palatka is gaining fame rapidly. A
new collar by Earl & Wilson, one of the
first manufacturing firms in the country,
has been named The Palatka.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
A futile In His Shell.

Gen. Tuttle, of Iowa, appears to have
made the common error of little men:
In a moment of self conceit he opened
his mouth and tumbled i'm. The hole is
still there.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
MEDICAL.
|s!l'(es y!

Thoroughly cleanse the blood. which il the
fountain of health. by using DIR. Pferce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery. and good digestion, a
fair skin. buoyant spirits, vital strength. and
soundneSs of constitution will be established
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple, blotch. eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or bloOd-poison. Is
pecially has it proven its efficacy in curing
Saft-rhCum letter, Fever-sores. Hip-joint
Disease, Scrofulous Sores and Sweihngs, En-
larged Glands. and Eating Ulcers
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
tion (which Is Scrofula of the Lungs, by It's
wonderful blood-purifying. invieorating, and
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ting of Blood. Shortness of Breath. bronchitis,
Severe Coughs. Asthma. and kindred anec-
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cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver. Biliousness. or =" Liver
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DIR. PuERCE,S PELLETS Anti.
Bilious and Cathar rite.
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-17

EDEPOBT IT the conditlan Of the WICHITA "a
hFIONAL hank, at Wichita. ia tn. state OF Kan
sas. at the close OF business. March 4. 1885,.
RI-1IrnlEs
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-17
LOST.

S,TOSA6E-For household Scois merchandise,
- boxed or loose, IL yoi haVr any soois 10 store
bring them tie Wichita Storage Co. No. &c West
Douglas ave- SO
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FOR TRADE.

l>oR TRApE-wishita city property for Western
T Kansas lands. Address Nc(srathy and WsScf
barys Sign Works. iiS n Main st. wichita. Kan.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-17

Ii is stated tist Strauss receives 2. OC0
for each walk he conposes from = rrb,lshcr
in Germany, who buys every work lie
writes end elves I'm IN extra sum Tor every
new edition. The Blue Danubs' has had
tvcnty-o:x ctt;ioas already.
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t-fJts IN -r. ssssyE rom Egfzsr-s lstfI-
p2sis Is crlt.-r % tzs3.e~-- @Ehg ssry
-ssfs Tor asss - trs1s sae r~&l state lsAH ..
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yYyASTEO-To exchange. 3 lots in the north part
w OF Wichita for pair of god mules or horses
we want nothing out goo1 ones For further inior-
nation call on Ransom Payne. at ais ONCE In Ma
a,,uIc building near Postofiice. 1896:
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DEPORT " the condition Of ths KANSAS Ma
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I.N1R rR .DE-t will trade deslrsDi- insiie " irh-
4 TIA prs p.rty TO- iaat lbts ant essh. ckis aat
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All notices Of Employmsns. or Situations Wanted.
win be charged for at rate Of I'VE cent? per line
Der week: no notice for less than 3 cents.
All For SAles or other business notices wfl be
charged for the OF 10 cents per line per week.
no business notice taken 70. less than 50 oerta
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-31

attend the wayfarer as he marches in the foot
| prints of Abraham. the friend of Allah. Why
| should we smile at his fond illusions any more
than Mt the beliefs of the prince Of poets and OF
| dreamers who sang:
millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen. both when wake and when sleep"
The untamable races. where the old blood
feuds still rule are the better for the teachings
of the Prophet he made a fierce onslaught
paganism, and it was great advance to lift his
people out of the vilest feticnlsm. This morn
ing. when the sun gilds the EXQUISITE domes of
Damascus of Cairo, City of Victory, and of
Constantinople, the voice of the muezzin pro-
claims from thousands of minarets the unity of
God in the five words embodying the creed of
Islam. 1t IS q solemn rebuke to the prayeriess
Christian. rushing to business without a thought
OF thanksgiving or praise, or any recognition of
his dependence a higher power than himself.
f The holy hill Arafat, or Mount of Mercy, owes
its name to pretty legend which runs some
what follows:
When our .frst parents lost their high estate
thev fell from heaven like falling stars. without
sound or FAREWELL through the infinite illu-
mIned spaces, through darkness and chaos,
through eternities of twilights among systems
of worlds, consultations, things unspeakably
glorious. Solemn and immutable the decree
by which heaven lost, and to suffer
their only heritage they fell on this dim
spot which men call earth-Adam
Mecca. Resolving with high unquenchable pur-
pose to seek his wife, beloved alike sinless
bliss and SHINING misery. Adam began journey
to which the world owes its appearance Where
he set his foot which by q small
one, a town was founded; the intervals between
strides will always remain country. Two hun
dred years he wandered among the thorns and
thistles which his tr aggression had brrught
the peaceful, pleasant earth. Among sharp
peaks and deadly Saharas he was led by Gabriel,
the messenger angel with starry eyes and
rainbow wings. to the height where
mon mother walled with strong crying and tears
for the only created being who could share her
sorrow and com prehend her craving for the for
hidden wisdom. Isolated and despairing she
called his without ceasing. Adam heard
the voice of his wife, ne flew her, and their
meeting gave the name Arafat, or recognition"
to the mountain.
Upon its highest point the glorious archangel
erected a place of prayer and in the warm val
ley below the reunited pair dwelt in peace till
death dropped the viewless veil of Paradise and
let them in to enjoy its delights forever.
SUSAN E. WALLACE.
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Scene at a Railway Accident.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of those amusing incidents which always
bob up at the most distressing times, occurred
shortly after the train had gone over the trestle
and while the victims were still crying for help.
While the rescuing party were working at the
door of the smoker of the windows WAS
broken open and big German jumped out He
was holding his head and crying bitterly. Half
a dozen men, thinking he was badly injured.
caught him and hustled him into a house near
by DIR. Oldshue, who there. examined him
carefully. but could find wound except a
slight bruise on the forehead.
you're not burt. man." he said.
"Oh, can't get home. but / will die sure"
You're not hurt at ALL tell you," the doctor
reiterated.
..Oh. I vas not hurt but lost mine UNI
prela"
The doctor tainted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-31
The Life Natural.

Overhead the leaf song the upland slope:
Over that the azure, clean from base to cope;
Blanche the mare beside me, drowsy from her lope.
Goldy green the wheat field, like fiuted wall
In the pleasant wind. with that rise and fall
Moving all together. if it move at ALL
Shakespeare in my pocket, lest feel alone,
Lest the breeding landscape take sombre tone:
Good to have poet to fall back upon!
But the vivid beauty makes book absurd:
What beside the real world is the written wordq
Keep the page till winter when thrush is heard!
Why read Hamlet here--whats Hecuba to met
Let read the grain-field let me read the tree:
Let read mine own heart deep as see
The late Il. II. sill in Overland.
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To BE Judged by Comparison.

MiIwaukee Sentinel.
There is nothing blamable in the act of We to-
ing a pension bill for good cause. and there is
no merit in signing pension bill which is just.
But a Cleveland bureau has been established,
and the government pension agents like Captain
Judd are it's agents. Tor the purpose of showing
that Mr. Cleveland is entitled to the friendship
of soldiers for having signed more pension bills
than any other President. Ii there any merit
in signing bills passed by Congress and with the
origin of which the President has nothing to do;
IL Mr.. Cleveland's standing with the soldiers is
TO depend on his record of bills signed as com
pared with other Presidents. then il is only just
TO make the comparison by percentage. Grant
signed all the private pension bills passed by
Congress except two in which the had al
ready been put on the pension rolls and one in
which the claimant proved to be deserter.
Hayes and Arthur signed every private pension
bill presented to them. NJ. Cleveland In one
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Nothin, to- Say.

othin to say my daughter Nothn' at all to say,-
Girls that's in love, I've noticed. ginerly has their
wayi
Yer did afore you when her folks objected to
VT here 1 am and here you air. and yer mother
where is she! i
You lcok lots like your mother Purity much same in
And about the same completely and favor about the
Like her too about Twin here, because she couldn't
stay;
It'll most seem like you dead like her,-but I
hain't got nothin' to say
She left you her little Biblewrit the
And left her hobs fer you eff you come of age
I've allus KEEP EN- and gyuarded en- but if yer goin
Nothin to say my daughter. Nothin' at all to say.
You don't rkollect her, reckona No; you wasn't a
year old them
And now yer-how old air youl Why child not
twenty Whenl
And yer mex birthdays in Aprile2 and you want to
git married that days
I wisht yer mother ivin,-but-I hain't
got nothin to sayl
Twenty year. and good gyrl as parent ever
found!
There's straw ketehed onto yer dress there-Tn
bresh it off-turn round.
Her mother was jest twenty when us two away)
Nothin to say, my daughterl Nothin at all to say!
james whitcomb Riley. in August Century.